NBA DFS Matchup: Suns-Nuggets (2024-03-05)

Tonight’s NBA DFS basketball matchup (set for Tue, March 5th at 10:00 PM EST) will feature the Phoenix Suns, currently 2nd in the Pacific Division, against the Denver Nuggets, holding the 2nd place in the Northwest Division. The game is set to take place in Denver, CO at Ball Arena. The away record for the Suns stands at 20-13, with an overall season score of 35-26, while the Nuggets boast a home record of 24-5 and an overall score of 42-19. Guiding the Suns is coach Frank Vogel, unfortunately having 5 players benched for this game. On the other hand, the Nuggets, under the leadership of Coach Michael Malone, will be missing 1 player for this matchup.

As of this morning, the statistics outlined below represent seasonal averages.

Suns-Nuggets NBA DFS Matchup

Entering the match, the Suns boast of 7,143 points, 2,676 rebounds, 1,617 assists, and a 49.3% field goal ratio. On the other hand, the Nuggets step into the court with an impressive 6,987 points, 2,706 rebounds, 1,774 assists, and an equivalent field goal percentage of 49.3%.

Status & Injury Report

No. Player Name Team Status Issue
31 Vlatko Cancar Denver Nuggets Out Surgery (Leg)
1 Devin Booker Phoenix Suns Out Sprain (Leg)
20 Jusuf Nurkic Phoenix Suns Day-To-Day Soreness (Leg)
10 Damion Lee Phoenix Suns Out Surgery (Leg)
2 Josh Okogie Phoenix Suns Out Strain (Torso)
25 Nassir Little Phoenix Suns Out Inflammation (Leg)

Phoenix Suns Roster

No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
35 Kevin Durant
Power Forward Active N/A N/A 45.8
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
36.7 1.9 4.4 1.1 9.4 6.7 27.3 7.0 1.1 3.2
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
1 Devin Booker
Shooting Guard Out N/A N/A 37.05
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
34.0 2.1 4.9 0.3 8.5 5.2 24.3 4.0 0.9 3.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
3 Bradley Beal
Shooting Guard Active N/A N/A 35.27
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
34.6 2.2 4.3 0.4 8.0 3.7 22.0 4.1 1.1 2.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
20 Jusuf Nurkic
Center Day-To-Day N/A N/A 30.26
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
24.5 0.2 2.4 1.1 4.8 2.4 12.3 8.8 0.9 2.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
30 Thaddeus Young
Forward Active N/A N/A 25.74
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
28.3 0.4 1.8 0.4 5.3 1.2 12.2 5.7 1.4 1.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
23 Eric Gordon
Shooting Guard Active N/A N/A 24.58
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
31.9 2.3 2.8 0.4 5.4 2.7 15.8 2.4 0.8 1.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
00 Royce O’Neale
Power Forward Active N/A N/A 18.76
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
26.5 1.4 2.4 0.4 2.4 0.6 6.8 4.8 0.8 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
8 Grayson Allen
Shooting Guard Active N/A N/A 18.63
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
25.1 2.0 1.9 0.3 3.4 1.4 10.2 2.9 0.7 0.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
9 Theo Maledon
Point Guard Active N/A N/A 16.51
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
21.2 1.0 2.9 0.2 2.6 1.5 7.8 2.8 0.7 1.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
10 Damion Lee
Shooting Guard Out N/A N/A 16.08
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
20.8 1.3 1.4 0.1 2.9 1.2 8.2 3.4 0.7 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
14 Drew Eubanks
Power Forward Active N/A N/A 16.02
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
16.0 0.1 1.0 0.9 2.4 1.1 6.0 4.6 0.4 0.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
2 Josh Okogie
Small Forward Out N/A N/A 14.7
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
19.7 0.6 1.2 0.4 2.0 1.6 6.3 3.0 0.9 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
11 Bol Bol
Center Active N/A N/A 13.89
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
14.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 2.5 0.7 6.1 3.7 0.3 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
38 Saben Lee
Guard Active N/A N/A 13.75
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
14.9 0.3 2.9 0.2 1.8 1.4 5.4 2.0 0.7 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
21 David Roddy
Forward Active N/A N/A 13.39
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
19.5 0.9 1.1 0.2 2.7 0.7 7.1 3.2 0.4 0.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
25 Nassir Little
Small Forward Out N/A N/A 12.05
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
16.4 0.8 0.7 0.4 2.1 0.8 5.7 3.0 0.3 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
N/A Ish Wainright
Forward Active N/A N/A 8.56
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
11.8 0.7 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.3 3.4 1.8 0.5 0.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
27 Udoka Azubuike
Center Active N/A N/A 7.88
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
8.8 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.3 3.1 2.9 0.1 0.5

Denver Nuggets Roster

No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
15 Nikola Jokic
Center Active N/A N/A 46.79
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
31.1 1.0 6.9 0.7 8.0 3.8 20.7 10.7 1.2 2.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
27 Jamal Murray
Point Guard Active N/A N/A 30.04
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
30.6 2.1 4.4 0.3 6.4 2.5 17.3 3.7 0.9 2.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
50 Aaron Gordon
Power Forward Active N/A N/A 27.56
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
29.3 1.0 2.6 0.6 5.1 2.2 13.5 6.3 0.8 1.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
1 Michael Porter Jr.
Small Forward Active N/A N/A 27.24
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
27.5 2.4 1.2 0.6 5.9 1.3 15.5 6.2 0.6 1.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
6 DeAndre Jordan
Center Active N/A N/A 26.95
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
25.9 0.0 0.9 1.5 3.6 1.7 8.8 10.0 0.5 1.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
7 Reggie Jackson
Point Guard Active N/A N/A 22.88
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
25.3 1.3 4.2 0.1 4.7 1.8 12.6 2.9 0.7 1.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Shooting Guard Active N/A N/A 21.12
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
29.6 1.7 1.8 0.3 4.1 1.6 11.4 3.1 1.1 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
9 Justin Holiday
Small Forward Active N/A N/A 16.44
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
23.3 1.6 1.4 0.4 2.8 0.8 8.1 2.7 0.9 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
8 Peyton Watson
Forward Active N/A N/A 13
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
15.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.2 0.8 5.8 2.5 0.4 0.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
0 Christian Braun
Guard Active N/A N/A 12.28
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
17.2 0.5 1.0 0.3 2.1 0.8 5.6 2.9 0.5 0.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
3 Julian Strawther
Guard Active N/A N/A 9.91
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
12.7 1.0 1.1 0.2 1.9 0.5 5.3 1.3 0.4 0.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
22 Zeke Nnaji
Power Forward Active N/A N/A 9.8
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
12.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.7 0.7 4.6 2.5 0.3 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
11 Braxton Key
Forward Active N/A N/A 8.62
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
8.4 0.2 0.6 0.4 1.3 0.4 3.2 2.1 0.4 0.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
31 Vlatko Cancar
Small Forward Out N/A N/A 7.99
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
10.7 0.5 0.9 0.2 1.3 0.5 3.5 1.7 0.3 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
30 Jay Huff
Center Active N/A N/A 6.35
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
6.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.7 3.0 1.5 0.2 0.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
21 Collin Gillespie
Guard Active N/A N/A 6.22
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
8.5 0.6 0.8 0.0 1.2 0.3 3.3 0.6 0.5 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
24 Jalen Pickett
Guard Active N/A N/A 3.77
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
5.4 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.2 1.7 0.6 0.2 0.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
4 Hunter Tyson
Forward Active N/A N/A 1.41
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
3.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.2

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